"The Lusitania's bridge"

Her bridge it was designed by British Admiralty, Lusitania and her sister Mauretania they had
their bridges designed for a possible war, if it was necessary, during the World War I, Lucy
unfortunately didn’t have as luck as her sister Mauretania, and she lost.

Both Lusitania and Mauretania they had a super appetite for coal. Their speed and their
propellers were one of the most powerful of the Atlantic Ocean, Lusitania and Mauretania
they were a lot of small than the Olympic Class. The Olympic Class liners, they could burn
between 6.000 and 7.000 tons of coal the Lusitania Class they could burn between 7.000 and
8.000 tons of coal.

“The work of a member of the Black Gang on the boiler-room”

The British way of crossing the North Atlantic from Europe to America.

Industrial Revolution 19th and 20th centuries industry, steam engines and other things.

We had our first Industrial Revolution between 1760~1840 this was the first time when the
man discovered the power of the coal.

Now The Lusitania and her rival Titanic and other they were born during the second Industrial
Revolution the great Edwardian era of luxury liners. These were the first years of the 20th
century.

Crossing the world's oceans a hundred years ago was a hot, sweaty, dangerous, exhausting
business. And for none moreso than the humble stokers or firemen who had the backbreaking
and unenviable task of stoking a ship's furnaces and getting the boilers online.

Firing up the boilers on a coal-fired steamship (what was called "raising steam") was an
exercise that took hours. Because of this, once lit, a ship's boilers were kept going
continuously.

Coal was brought from coal bunkers by trimmers in wheelbarrows (shoveled by hand),
dumped on the floor and shoveled into the furnaces (by hand). Every second that the furnace
doors were left open was less heat being applied to the boiler, so the doors were opened for
as short a time as possible. This meant that coal had to be shoveled into the fireboxes
incredibly fast, for hours at a time.

Although being a stoker sounds easy (if exhausting), it was really a highly skilled job.

To give you an idea of just how hard it was being a stoker:

To achieve a service speed of 21kt, the RMS Titanic burned approx 835 tons of coal a DAY, or
35 tons an HOUR. Which means that between them - the stokers on duty had to shovel at least
550 - 600 pounds of coal every THIRTY. SECONDS.

For FOUR HOURS STRAIGHT.

Just some of the external differences between the R.M.S. Mauretania and her sister the R.M.S.
Lusitania;

-Mauretania was 5 feet longer than Lusitania, thanks to a differently-shaped stern; Mauretania
was rounder while Lusitania was more squared.
-The bulwarks on the forward end of the superstructure were vastly different, with
Mauretania’s bridge extending ahead over the deck below by a couple of feet where as
Lusitania was pushed back.

-Mauretania had a longer set of bulwarks along the forward end of the bow; Lusitania had only
her forepeak bulwarked.

-Mauretania had a full compliment of cowl (or gooseneck) vents on her "top-of-house"
structure, around the funnels. Lusitania had stove-top vents, with hinged lids (which were
prone to loss from heavy seas).

-Mauretania upper skylights were pyramidal in shape; Lusitania were barrel-shaped.

-Second class lounge atop the aft Second class deckhouse was round on Mauretania ; Lusitania
was square with diagonal-cut corners.